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Education

Secondary Enrolment By Age

Data from Jan 1984 to Jan 2025

Last updated: 21 Jan 2026, 10:35 SGT

MOE (Ministry of Education)

(1) Includes Government, Government-Aided, Independent, Specialised Independent and Specialised schools.

(2) Age is as at the start of the year.

Enrolment secondary by Year

Data explorer

SecondaryEnrolmentByAge.csv (672 rows, 14.7 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Age
Text
Sex
Text
Enrolment Secondary
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
19842.4%
19852.4%
19862.4%
19872.4%
(Null)0.0%
13 YRS12.5%
14 YRS12.5%
15 YRS12.5%
16 YRS12.5%
(Null)0.0%
F50.0%
MF50.0%
(Null)0.0%
1984UNDER 13 YRSF15469
198413 YRSF16779
198414 YRSF17712
198415 YRSF18563
198416 YRSF9634
198417 YRSF3701
198418 YRSF52
198419 YRS & OVERF14
1984UNDER 13 YRSMF30220
198413 YRSMF32924
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_20cd92e4e74c8b9cadd618b6bb414eac"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Ministry of Education. (2016). Secondary Enrolment By Age (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 29, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_20cd92e4e74c8b9cadd618b6bb414eac/view

About this dataset

Contact

vivian_lin@moe.gov.sgleong_jun_jie@moe.gov.sg

Created on

04 Jan 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

MOE (Ministry of Education)